This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Barrons > Barrons Vocab – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Barrons Vocab Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Eminent A) Small amount of. B) Of outstanding reputation. C) To add to. D) Existing in great number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of outstanding reputation. 2. To spring up A) To appear. B) To start spring. C) To use. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To appear. 3. Compound A) Someone's special field. B) Unending. C) To add to. D) Dull, difficult work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add to. 4. Implore A) Related to science of enginerring. B) To come to have an understanding of. C) To continually nag. D) Beg for assistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beg for assistance. 5. Replete A) To be completely soaked in something. B) Completely filled with. C) Existing in great numbers. D) Unending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Completely filled with. 6. What is the meaning of 'standard' in the transportation passage according to Nora, Emma, and Mia? A) Something that serves as protection. B) Central office for a military commander. C) Related to the countryside. D) To compete with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Related to the countryside. 7. Abysmal A) Something added, attached, or joined. B) Relating to beauty or the arts. C) Uncompromising; unyielding. D) Very bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very bad. 8. V. to throw light on something A) To cast. B) To generate. C) To knot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cast. 9. Affected A) Pretentious; phony. B) Very bad. C) Very bad. D) Growth in size or increase in amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pretentious; phony. 10. Cargo carried by a train, truck, or ship A) Freight. B) Ferry. C) Ferrari. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freight. 11. What is the meaning of 'rugged' in the transportation passage? A) To shine a light on something. B) The locomotive of a train. C) A technique or category. D) Sturdy; capable of withstanding rough treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sturdy; capable of withstanding rough treatment. 12. N. to gain speed A) Accelerate. B) Appeal. C) Speed up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accelerate. 13. To fill so much as to make movement difficult A) To expand. B) To clog. C) Utilize. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To clog. 14. Headquarters A) N. central office for a military commander. B) N. not central office for a military commander. C) Flat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N. central office for a military commander. 15. Drudgery A) Dull, difficult work. B) Machine that behaves like a person. C) Beg for assistance. D) To be completely soaked in something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dull, difficult work. 16. Voracious A) Desiring or consuming great quantities. B) Of high reputation. C) Unending. D) Someone's special field. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desiring or consuming great quantities. 17. Badger A) To beg for assistance. B) To be able to predict the future. C) Historical records. D) To continually nag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To continually nag. 18. What does 'efficient' mean in the transportation passage according to Grace? A) Easy to carry. B) A method or type. C) The engine of a train. D) To throw light on something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Easy to carry. 19. Accretion A) Growth in size or increase in amount. B) Pretentious; phony. C) Something added, attached, or joined. D) To corrupt or make impure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth in size or increase in amount. 20. Perceive A) To come to have an understanding of. B) To add to. C) Beg for assistance. D) A mature woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To come to have an understanding of. 21. Prognosticate A) Dull, difficult work. B) Desiring huge amount. C) To continually nag. D) To be able to tell what will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be able to tell what will happen in the future. 22. Hey there! Can you tell me what 'innovation' means in the world of transportation? A) A method or type. B) The engine of a train. C) A new idea or product. D) To throw light on something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A new idea or product. 23. N. harmful gas or smoke in the air A) Fuel. B) Fume. C) Petrol. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fume. 24. N. a terrible event A) Reflector. B) Disaster. C) Knot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disaster. 25. Admonish A) Pretentious; phony. B) To accumulate; grow by additions. C) Pretentious; phony. D) To caution or reprimand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To caution or reprimand. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesBarrons Vocab Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books